Neurochemical

Neurochemical

1. The brains chemistry can be influenced by diet, for example food additives, pollution or hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar levels associated with forms of diabetes)

2. some studies show that low levels of serotonin are linked with higher aggression.

   • Serotonin regulates signals between neurons and is said to control a persons mood.

3. Scerebo and Raine (1993) conducted a meta-analysis on 29 studies into anti-social adults and children, finding low levels of serotonin in all of the. Control of serotonin levels by diet is possible, as some foos including dark choclate, cheese, nuts, salmon, turkey and chicken, can help raise the levels

4. People who take large amounts of steroids can become extremely violent. steroids, often taken to increase muscle growth, also increase testosterone levels. Horace Wiliams, an American body builder, beat a man to death after taking 2,000 times the recommened dosage of steroids.